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September 5, 2025
Tuesday, September 16th -Picture Day
Friday, September 19th - PTSA Movie Night
Monday, Spetember 22nd - No School, Teacher Planning Day
Monday, October 13th - No School, Teacher Planning Day
Thursday, October 30th - Halloween Parade and Pary. Information to come.
Friday, October 31st - No School, Teacher Planning Day
George shared about his Sink Hole trip with Dad.
If you take a trip send up the pics and your child can share their experience with the class.
We started our Journals.
We are learning the letter symbols and sounds.
Vertical writing and drawing support crossing the midline, strengthening our core, and fine motor strength too.
We had fun with the letter L in our letter books.
We made beautiful tear art and represented our name letters.
Thanks to Tess our room parent for putting together our new outdoor storage chest. We have more room for fun materials!
August 29, 2025
Monday, September 1st - No School, Labor Day
Tuesday, September 16th -Picture Day
Friday, September 19th - PTSA Movie Night
Monday, Spetember 22nd - No School, Teacher Planning Day
**Please get your family photos in to Ms. Belle so we can make our family book to keep in the library. We love to read it through the year and see how much we grow. Thank you for helping us with this first big activity.
Getting creative at the painting center.
Science is a great place to explore.
We aren't puzzled by puzzles!
Our Art corner is a busy place.
Letters, numerals, and more.
Blocks lets us use our imagination and building skills.
Sometimes a good book and a cozy corner is just what we want.
Library has so many books, how do we choose?
Fast friends.
Silly times.
Gus' sister Adriana came and read to the class!
It was an award winning 1st full week!
August 15, 2025
Hello Park Hill PreK 25-26. We are so excited to welcome you to our classroom family. Ms. Tracy and I have been busy getting things ready for you. See you soon.
Monday, August 18th - Parent/Caregiver Orientations 11:00 and 1:00
Tuesday, August 19th - Student Small Group Orientations
Wednesday, August 20th - First Full Day 8:10 to 3:00
May 29, 2025
May 30th - Morning Sprinkler Day and Afternoon End of year PreK party. 🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️ Please let us know if your child will not be attending on Monday so we can plan accordingly. Thank you.
Some of our Books;
Love You S'more by Melinda Lee Rathjen
A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee
Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping by Melanie Watt
John's Camping Adventures by JoAnn M. Dickinson
The Hike by Alison Farrell
Our camping theme has been fun!
Our little hands to remember these magical days.
Our campfires are keeping us warm on these rainy days.
Sylvie's mom, Gina read a beautiful story for us!
Graphing our Teddy Grahams for our last math lesson.
Field Day was so much fun!
Tie Dye Time.
We kept ourselves tidy when tie dying in Mr. Michael's old tshirts! Wow he's big.
Moving On And Up! Watch Me Grow!
Moving On And Up! Watch Me Grow!
High School Graduating Class of 2038!
Bodi will attend Montview TKinder and come back to PH for Kinder in 2026. Happy Grad year 2039 Bodi!
Not pictured but a part of the best class ever, Harper and Ada.
May 22, 2025
May 26th - No School, Memorial Day! See you Tuesday.
May 28th - Tie Dye Day. Students will bring home tie dye shirts to launder and wear on Friday, for the end of year party.
May 29th - Sprinkler/Summer Bday Popsicle Party. Students wear swimsuits and bring towels.
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️ Please let us know if your child will not be attending on Monday so we can plan accordingly. Thank you.
Some of our Books;
Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee
Kindergarten Here I Come by D.J. Steinberg
Kindergarten Rocks by Katie Davis
Jack and the Beanstalk retold by Mara Alperin
Jack and the Beantstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague
A Bean, A Stalk, and a Boy Named Jack by William Joyce
Waynetta and the Cornstalk by Helen Ketteman
Starting to emerge.
We have Ladybugs!
Getting ready to meet the world.
Saying goodbye and good luck ladybugs!
Planting Morning Glorys.
I wonder what will grow here?
Planting our Beanstalks.
Ready to climb to the clouds.
Planting...
more planting...
and even more!
Rohe and Arlo created a sculpture garden with a bird bath and a bee gathering pollen from the flower!
Our how is now a campsite.
Roasting marshmallows by the fire. :)
A little bean math.
Fovorite Version Jack and the Bean Stalk
Fovorite Version Jack and the Bean Stalk
Well, Jack and the Bean Stalk and the French Fries was the winner by far. We all loved that the giants became friends with the village people and that they grew a giant garden of many vegitable so they wouldn't have to just eat beans anymore.
May 9, 2025
May 28th - Tie Dye Day. Students will bring home tie dye shirts to launder and wear on Friday, May 30th for the end of year party.
May 29th - Sprinkler/Summer Bday Popsicle Party. Students wear swimsuits and bring towels.
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️
*** Families, please let us know if you do not plan to have your child attend school on our PreK last day. We understand it is odd to come back for just a Monday and we will have everything wrapped up and sent home on the Friday before, the day of our party. We are here however, for your child to attend on Monday and we will still provide lots of fun if they come to school. Thank you for helping us plan accordingly.
Some of our Books;
Unstoppable by Adam Rex
Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis
On Earth by G. Brian Karas
When Dinosaurs came with everything by Elise Broach
My Dinosaur by Mark Alan Weatherby
Fossil by Claire Ewart
Earth Dance by Joanne Ryder
Remy's mom, Lara came to read and it was silly and fun!
Arlo's mom, Elizabeth read to the class beautiful stories with so much heart.
Our Lady Bug Larva has arrived!
Just a few days and they are so much bigger! Getting ready for their Pupa stage!
Earth Ball was a blast!
Excavating Dinos!
We were true Paleontologist, digging out our dinos!
Not only did we dig up dinosaurs, we found fossils too!
Parents helped make SMADP so much fun!
We have some moves!
Landshark Joy!
We like to Move it, Move it!
April 25, 2025
April 21st - YMCA before and after care for 25-26 school year opens for current YMCA families.
April 25th - Deadline to order yearbooks; https://web.treering.com/create-account/1016595744853031?PassCode=1016595744853031
April 28th - YMCA before and after care for 25-26 school year opens to public.
May 26th - No School
May 28th - Tie Dye Day. Students will bring home tie dye shirts to launder and wear on
Friday, May 30th for the end of year party.
May 29th - Sprinkler/Summer Bday Popsicle Party. Students wear swimsuits and bring towels.
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️
*** Families, please let us know if you do not plan to have your child attend school on our PreK last day. We understand it is odd to come back for just a Monday and we will have everything wrapped up and sent home on the Friday before, the day of our party. We are here however, for your child to attend on Monday and we will still provide lots of fun if they come to school. Thank you for helping us plan accordingly.
Some of our Books;
Is It Passover Yet? by Chris Barash
How to catch the Easter Bunny by Adam Wallace
The Adventures of Harry and Gary, A Tale of Two Turtles by Lisa Matsumoto
This Is Our Earth by Laura Lee Benson
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers by Lauren Child
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Earth Day, Everyday by Lisa Bullard
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
Walter and Huxley turn 5!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Eli, Esme's dad read a great banana book!
Ready for Movie Night
Cozy spaces for a special movie
Snuggled in for Parent's Night Out. Thank you to the Auction donation families.
Post move dance party! We Like to Move it, Move it!
Creating our Earth
Fine motor fun with finger paints
A beautiful backdrop for an upcoming activity!
Graphing receyclable items
The Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle
Thanks to Ava Willden for sharing her amazing 4th grade project with us. She made it fun with mysteries and legends and also gave us scientific evidence to explain the phenomenons.
So many obsticles in the sea
So many obsticles in the sea
Esme's cruise ship made it through, Riley's cargo ship was taken by the purple octopus, and Rohe's yaght succomed to the rouge wave!
We flew to the triangle on Google Earth.
We flew to the triangle on Google Earth.
That is a LOT of water!
April 17,2025
April 18th - No School
April 21st - YMCA before and after care for 25-26 school year opens for current YMCA families.
April 25th - Deadline to order yearbooks; https://web.treering.com/create-account/1016595744853031?PassCode=1016595744853031
April 28th - YMCA before and after care for 25-26 school year opens to public.
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️
Some of our Books;
Hap-pea all Year by Keith Baker
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri
Sometimes Rain by Meg Fleming
Come On, Rain! by Kaen Hesse
Rain by Manua Stojic
Pearl the Raindrop by Rana Boulos
Teddy is 5!
Ella turned 5!
Remy is 5!
Esme's mom Kazia read us a story about a house made of Matzo! We also got to taste test matzo! Yum.
Sorting the seasons
Reading groups.
Pop math.
Walter's mom Hall read all about seeds and even brought us some!
Finger painting clouds.
Cloud science
Making it rain
Checking out outcomes
March 21, 2025
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break 🌷
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️
Some of our Books;
Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller
Colors! Colores! by Jorge Luján
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
The Worst Book in the Whole Entire World by Joey Acker
Rainbow week started with Green Day!
Blue Day!
Yellow/Orange Day!
Our one and only Purple day participant! Thank you Esme for remembering to send in your purple picture!
Red/Park Hill Day!
That tricky Leprechan left green pee and footprints all over our bathroom!
Green was the winner of our Skittle charting!
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish charting. We got to eat some too.
We charted and taste tested our Skittles.
Graphing goldfish crackers takes some work.
One Fish, Two Fish matching helps us learn our numberals.
One Fish, Two Fish in a bowl, can we find the numerals?
A color hunt around the classroom was tricky and fun.
"Ms. Belle and Mr. Leto" for Teacher Day
Thank you for the donations to Humane Colorado. You made some shelter dogs very happy!
Our house has turned into an office and we are hard at work!
March 14, 2025
***March 17th - 21st - Rainbow Week, dress for the color of the day, (Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday)
***March 17th-21st - Spirit Week (Monochromatic Monday, Dress like a teacher Tuesday, Wacky Socks Wednesday, Comfy Clothes Thursday, and Park Hill Friday)
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break 🌷
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️
Some of our Books;
The Three Little Pigs retold by Bonnie Dobkin
The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Rosen Schwartz
Los Tres Pequeños Jabalies (The Three Little Javelinas) by Susan Lowell
Alaska's Three Pigs by Arlene Laverde
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
As Spring marks new beginnings and many celebrations we want to acknowledge this time of renewal and joy for everyone.
☪️ To all who celebrate we wish you a blessed and meaningful Ramadan. ☪️
🪷 To all who celebrate Holi, we wish you love and a joyous Spring 🪷
💖 To all who celebrate, we wish you a joyful Purim celebration 💖
Jack's big brother Owen did a great job reading to our class!
Teddy's big sister Poppy was a great reader too!
Thank you to Eileen and Paul, Gardy's parents for reading with so much joy and great character voices!
Three Little Pigs math.
We did a journal entry about what we would build a house with.
Planning, problem solving, and building.
Who can make the strongest pig house to keep that wolf out?
We planned again, made a model, and then created our building!
Huxley with her chick Rosie!
I like to Move it Move it and Rosie had fun with our class.
We know to be gentle with these sweet little creatures.
Thank you Walter and Huxley for bringing your sweet chicks to our class for a visit!
Our Favorite Version of The Three Little Pigs was The Three Ninja Pigs
Our Favorite Version of The Three Little Pigs was The Three Ninja Pigs
The Three Ninja Pigs was an overwhelming winner! We loved that the sister pig didn't have to fight the Wolf. She showed him her awesome moves that she practiced and studied and it scared him away, never to return!
Happy Electric Rodeo Auction Day
Happy Electric Rodeo Auction Day
We have some happy cowfolk in our class. We hope their grownups have fun at the auction tonight!
February 28, 2025
☪️ To all who celebrate we wish you a blessed and meaningful Ramadan. ☪️
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Electric Rodeo is the theme, so dust off those boots and grab your cowboy hat. It's going to be a Wild West of a good time.🤠
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break 🌷
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️
Some of our books:
Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris
Juneteenth, A Children's Story by Opal Lee
The Way Champs Play by Naomi Osaka
Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mara Alperin
The Three Cabritos by Eric A. Kimmel
The Three Billy Goats Fluff by Rachael Mortimer
Sabrina, Ella's mom read a wonderful book for us, The Rock from the Sky.
Momo and Chris, Teddy's parents were our surprise readers for Black History Month. They read a book by Naomi Osaka, she is black and Japanese. The Way Champs Play was fun and meaningful.
Kevin, Loulou's dad is an architect. He came and talked all about his job for our building unit.
He showed us blueprints and the finished project too. So Cool!
Making our fingers strong.
Building a house with letters.
Taking our blueprint and making a 3D model from it.
How can we help the Billy Goats get across the river to the green grass? We plan and build a bridge, that's how.
Our Favorite Version of Three Billy Goats Gruff
Our Favorite Version of Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three Billy Goats Fluff was a winner. We loved their fluffy booties and that they made friends with the Troll!
February 21, 2025
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Electric Rodeo is the theme, so dust off those boots and grab your cowboy hat. It's going to be a Wild West of a good time.🤠
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break 🌷
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️
Some of our books;
The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser
Young Frank Architect by Frank Viva
Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty
If I Built a House by Chris Ban Dusen
Change Sings, A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman
All We Need is Love by Peter H. Reynolds
The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond
Chick 'n' Pug, The Love Pug by Jennifer Sattler
We had fun reading our friend's names and delivering our Valentine cards
Reading or just matching beginning letters made delivery a blast.
We decorated and ate our yummy Valentine's Day cookies.
Momo and Chris, Teddy's mom and dad, read the beautiful book, The Snow Day in both English and Japanese.
Our building unit has begun!
Giant Legos are too much fun.
Planning a city is hard work.
Our landscape and town planning is fun on the vertical plane!
Engineering center is a hit.
How many ways can we follow a plan and create a structure?
Buildings, boats, and bridges!
Sorting items into community buildings helps us understand how our society works together.
Jessica, Rohe's mom read an amazing non-fiction book about Hawks and Falcons!
Woo hoo! Snow!
Many friends worked hard on their birds-eye-view of their bedrooms and shares things that were alike and different.
Emmett Duncan came as our surprise reader today for Black History Month. He read the wonderful book, I Promise by legend Lebron James! Emmett was in our class a long time ago and it was fun to welcome him for a visit.
February 7, 2025
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment. 🏫
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our student's Valentine's party on the 13th. Don't forget your Valentine cards.) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Electric Rodeo is the theme, so dust off those boots and grab your cowboy hat. It's going to be a Wild West of a good time.🤠
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break 🌷
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.🥳
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.☀️
Some of our books;
Dream Big Little One by Vashti Harrison
Little Legends, Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Little Legends, Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
The Mitten by Jan Brett
A Sweet New Year for Ren by Michelle Sterling and Dung Ho
Change Sings, A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman
Black History Year Round by Marcus M. Murray local author and artist!
Matching colors to make our snakes.
Our Lion masks for the parade
Making music for Lunar New Year!
Happy Year of the Snake!
Counting by 10s
100 Fruit Loops are a lot of Fruit Loops!
Making our necklaces.
Happy 100!
Researching the animals in The Mitten by Jan Brett
Thank you Huxley's mom Hall for reading a great story! Color Monster!
Rohe shared about his amazing trip with us.
He had a lot of fun in Belize. We flew there on Google Earth as a class.
Our panel of experts on rabbits.
Our panel of experts on bears.
Our panel of experts on mice.
Our panel of experts on foxes.
Our class vote for the Super Bowl winner.
We watched a little of last year's Puppy Bowl.
We did some Puppy Bowl math.
Counting to the end zones!
January 31, 2025
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment.
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Electric Rodeo is the theme, so dust off those boots and grab your cowboy hat. It's going to be a Wild West of a good time.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Some of our books;
Happy Woodchuck's Day, (A Groundhog's Day Story) by angela C. French
How to Catch a Snowman by Adam Wallace
Spaghetti with the Yeti by Adam and Charlotte Guillain
Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright
Celebrating our National Western Stockshow! Supporting agriculture and livestock!
We loved learning about the people and animals that feed our nation!
Walter said, "I'm a bullrider!"He even wore his safety vest!
Hot chocolate math with marshmallows was a hit. Our Hot chocolate with snack was an even bigger hit!
Fancy Boots
We had fun telling about our pets at the annual pet show!
Jack's mom, Blair came and read a great story! It Fell From the Sky!
We love telling about the things we care about!
Poor Sneezy Snowman. He melts every time.
We wrote about what made our snowman melt.
Learning about habitats helps us understand all the creatures in the world
We worked on fine motor skills while discussing different habitats.
Tilly is 5!
January 17, 2025
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment.
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
January 24th - Western Day. Celebrate the tradition of our National Western Stockshow by wearing your western clothes. If you don't have western wear, something with an animal or agricultural item will do just fine. Yee Haw!
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Electric Rodeo is the theme, so dust off those boots and grab your cowboy hat. It's going to be a Wild West of a good time.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Some of our Books;
Little Red Riding Hood retold by Mara Alperin
Little Red Hot by Eric A Kimmel
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith
Frederico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez
The Thing About Yetis by Vin Vogel
This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers
Thelma the Unicorn and Bear's Loose Tooth read by Jana, Ada's mom!
Loulou's mom read us a wonderful story about mice!
Riley is 5!
Ada is 5!
Rohe is 5!
Arlo is 5!
Snow globe letter sounds are fun.
Following the clues to find the winter items.
Using our engineering and problem solving skills to make a Little Red's Basket.
Counting, ten frames, and writing our numerals.
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. for all the love and light he gave the world.
Our Favorite Version
Our Favorite Version
of Little Red Riding Hood was Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion
We loved that the Lion didn't trick Little Red at all and that she dressed him up and braided his hair!
December 20, 2024
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break ❄️
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment.
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Electric Rodeo is the theme, so dust off those boots and grab your cowboy hat. It's going to be Wild West of a good time.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Our Books;
The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Bear
The Gingerbread Man Loose at the School
The Gingerbread Cowboy
December 13, 2024
December 20th - PJs and Cookie Party Day!
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break ❄️
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment.
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Electric Rodeo is the theme, so dust off those boots and grab your cowboy hat. It's going to be Wild West of a good time.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Some of our books;
The Snow Theif
How to Catch an Elf
The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza
Armadilly Chilly
Manana Iguana
Our December bday so far is Rohe. Happy 5th!
The Hot Cocoa Day for walking or riding your bike to school was a hit in Prek!
We got busy sorting and counting our veggie cans in the Letters and Numerals Center!
We made recipes for our pizza and counted the items we put on top!
Our Favorite Version Of The Little Red Hen
Our Favorite Version Of The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza was the winner! We all love our pizza and most people chose this as their favorite because the pizza came out HUGE!
We chose and wrote what job we would help The Little Red Hen do.
We cut and created our Little Red Hen so she could wear our helping aprons.
So many great ways to help the Little Red Hen.
We followed a recipe to build a pizza by reading the numerals and counting out the items.
Pizza Assembly Line
Pizza Assembly Line
Eating our pizza creations
Eating our pizza creations
We hope you all have a wonderful break for this time of reflection and gratefulness.
While this month is Native American Heritage Month, we acknowledge that our commitment to honoring and respecting the First People of this land is for all times.
As your children created their turkey feathers of gratefulness and heard stories of the first Thanksgiving from the lens of the First People we made an age appropriate acknowledgement.
During this season of harvest and family feasts we think about our gratitude.
We are grateful for the First People of this land who live here now,
have in the past, and will in the future.
We are grateful that we can help make this land one
of love and care for all peoples and creatures upon it.
See below for our fun Stone Soup week and have a happy break.We will see you December 2nd.
November 22, 2024
November 25th through the 29th-No School, Break for Giving Thanks 🥧
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break ❄️
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment.
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Electric Rodeo is the theme, so dust off those boots and grab your cowboy hat. It's going to be Wild West of a good time.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Our Books;
The Suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros. As we welcome more and more students to our school from other lands, this book gave us a wonderful age approriate understanding of the difficulties in making a new home far away and how we all can support our new friends. I urge you to get this for your child's home library.
Bears Make Rock Soup and other stories by Lise Erdrich
A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman
Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano
Stone Soup by Jon J Muth
Kallaloo A Caribbean Tale by David and Phillis Gershator
Cactus Soup by Eric A Kimmel
Fandango Stew by David Davis
The First Fire a Cherokee Story by Brad Wagnon
Our Favorite Version of Stone Soup
Our Favorite Version of Stone Soup
Well, Kallaloo A Caribian Tale won by a landslide! It seems that we really love that it was the only story of these versions of Stone Soup that actually had magic. The shell that Granny found spoke to her and told her how to bring the villagers together to make Kallaloo, a wonderful soup. All of our versions had the people learning how important it is to share and show kindness.
Who doesn't love whipped cream on their pumpkin pie? Well we do and we counted the scoops.
We rolled the die and colored in our turkey.
We graphed what ingredients our friends might like to add to our Stone Soup.
Carrots were the clear winner in what we brought to add to Stone Soup. Unfortunately, most had to be tossed, (safety recall) but were replaced with yummy celery and brussle sprouts! :)
Our Stone Soup game made matching catagories fun.
Building noodle soup, counting, and using fine motor skills was a big success.
Creating recipes for our own stone soup let us draw and count some more.
Everyone brought something yummy for our shared Stone Soup.
We have some good chefs in our class.
It simmered all day and then we had it with some rolls for afternoon snack
Esme's big sister Ada, who was in our class when she was 4, came to read to us today!
Thank you Prek for a wonderful birthday surprise!
Thank you Prek for a wonderful birthday surprise!
We loved sharing our pumpkin pie! Thank you again PreK. 🩷 Ms. Belle
November 15, 2024
November 25th through the 29th-No School, Break for Giving Thanks 🥧
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break ❄️
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment.
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 14th - School Auction Party! It is not to be missed. Theme coming soon.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Our Books;
Keepunumuk, Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunten
We Are Grateful Ostaliheliga a Cherokee Story by Traci Sorell
Giving Thanks, A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp
Harvest Days Around the World by Kate DePalma
Goldilocks and the Three Bears retold by Mara Alperin
Goatilocks and the Three Bears by Erica S. Perl
Goldie and the Three Hares by Margie Palantini
Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim
Our end of October and November birthdays. Gardy and Esme are 5!
Thanks to families for sharing their Snow Day Photos. The slideshow was fun.
We put things we are grateful for on our feathers for our hallway turkey.
As we dressed our Turkey we talked about the First People of the land and spoke of gratitude for their help to the newcomers long ago.
Our Favorite Version
Our Favorite Version
of Goldilocks and the Three Bears
It's hibernation time so we thought we'd have some fun with bears. Our favorite had some bears,but it was the goat that was hit! She ate everything, not only the porridge.
We loved our printing process with Legos to make our Native corn.
We honored the First People and their story of Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story. She is the spirit of Corn and with her sisters beans and squash they helped the newcomers long ago.
After hearing the stories of Harvests Around the World, we had fun creating the World's Children puzzle.
November 1, 2024
November 14th -Family Curriculum Night. Flyers in Panther Pages and Friday Folders to RSVP.🏫
November 25th through the 29th-No School, Break for Giving Thanks 🥧
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break ❄️
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment.
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Some of Our Books;
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
The Story of the Little Mole Who went in Search of Whodunit by Werner Holzwarth
Scaredy-Cat, Splat by Rob Scotton
I'm A Unicorn by Helen Yoon
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
Our Haunted House!
We learned that pumpkins float!
We worked on letter sounds with a witchy brew.
We had fun finding our letters in the cauldron.
Brecklyn came to read to us. She was in our class 6 years ago!
We went to the very top floor.
We had fun with our 3rd Grade reading buddies.
Thanks Ms. Gates for a great time.
Happy Halloween!
Ms. Belle's husband, Mr. Michael loves to come join the parade. :)
Thank you to our room parents and families that help make this a great event!
October 18, 2024
October 22nd - Picture Retakes
October 31st - Halloween Parade and Party 🎃 Room Parents will send info.
November 14th -Family Curriculum Night. Flyers in Panther Pages and Friday Folders to RSVP.🏫
November 25th through the 29th-No School, Break for Giving Thanks 🥧
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break ❄️
January 15th - February 18th (ending at 4:00 pm) - School Choice Enrollment Window. All students who will enter kindergarten or middle school, even if choosing home school, must complete School Choice Enrollment.
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Some of our books;
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
Click, Clack, Boo A Tricky Treat by Doreen Cronin
Skeleton For Dinner by Margery Cuyler
Ghost in the House by Ammi-Joan Paquette
My Toothbrush is Missing by Jan Thomas, and Pigs Can't Fly by Ben Cort Fly by read by the amazing Mylo Cooper, Alumna of PH PreK
This Book Is Banned by Julia Patton
Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson
October Birthdays!
Bodi turned 4!
Jojo turned 5! Esme's Photo wont load! Oh No. We will add it next week.
We used our sense of sight and taste to choose our favorite apple.
Some were sweet,
and some were sour!
We chose our favorite and said why.
10 Apples on Top.
We counted apples
and stacked them tall
We were laying down, so they did not fall.
We followed our recipe.
We used good finger skills to cut our apples
We smashed and smashed.
Our apples didn't get squishy enough for apple sauce, (not enough lemon juice) but made wonderful baked cinnamon apples for snack time.
More apple counting.
We started our journals. We are the authors and the illustrators. We can't wait to see how beginning, middle, and end look different at the end of the year.
One of our alumna joined us from 2nd grade to read to the class.
Mylo read two books and it was so much fun. Siblings are welcome to come read as long as it is OK with their teachers!
October 4, 2024
October 10th through October 14th - No School, Fall Break 🍂
October 22nd - Picture Retakes
October 31st - Halloween Parade and Party 🎃 Room Parents will send info.
November 25th through the 29th-No School, Break for Giving Thanks 🥧
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break ❄️
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
March 7th - No School-PreK only. Older students still have school.
March 24th - 31st - No School, Spring Break
April 18th - No School
May 26th - No School
May 30th - End of year PreK party. Details to come.
June 2nd - Last day of school for PreK and Kinder, older grades have one more 1/2 day on Tuesday the 3rd.
Some of our books;
A Grand Old Tree by Mary Newell DePalma
Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
Una a Una by Blythe Lynden
Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
We worked hard to share all about ourselves. They will be part of a book for our library!
Patterns are everywhere. We did gem patterns with Ms. Tracy.
We are counting and making our fingers strong at the same time while we feed the animals.
Making our Mini-mes.
Apple Science
We were mad scientists creating apple volcanos!
The faster we added the magic potion, the faster our volcanos erupted!
With an apple, baking soda, and vinegar we can be mad scientists at home too!
Our Mini-Me Friends
Our Mini-Me Friends
We chose our colors, clothes, and hair to make the perfect mini-me! They will stay in class with us through the year and come home this summer when we turn into Kindergarteners!
September 20, 2024
Friday, September 20th - Direct Giving/Movie Night, (Ms. Belle is out of town for her last camping trip of the season, she is sorry to miss it. Have fun!)
Friday, September 27th - No School
October 10th through October 14th - No School, Fall Break 🍂
October 31st - Halloween Parade and Party 🎃
November 25th through the 29th-No School, Break for Giving Thanks 🥧
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break ❄️
January 20th - No School
February 14th-17th - No School, Valentine's Break, (we will have our Valentine's party on the 13th) 💖
Some of our books;
He Came With the Couch, by David Slonim
Oh No George, by Chris Haughton
The Rabbit Listened, by Cori Doerrfeld, (thank you Arlo for the lovey gift to our class)
Be You! by Peter Reynolds
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl, (our new chapter book)
Our Tree Named Steve, by Alan Zweibel
A Grand Old Tree, by Mary Newell DePalma
We forgot to post our first class birthday in August, so here's Harper and our first Sept birthday, Sylvie. We are 4!
We went to the auditorium to watch our schoolmates act out ROAR! Respect Others, Ongoing Learning, Always Safe, Responsible Actions!
Temple is our school comfort dog. She is so sweet and available for anyone who needs some extra love.
She proudly wore her Crocs for the show! :)
Fall blooming flowers had some admirers. Students from last year planted many things, but sadly our sprinklers didn't work over the summer. We have been watering as a class, and look how beautiful the outcome.
Our 3rd grade Book Buddies from Ms. Gate's class came down to introduce themselves! We will go upstairs to visit them soon as well. We love connecting with our schoolmates and hearing new stories.
We finger painted beautiful fall trees to welcome the season this weekend. While product art sometimes gets a bad name, this project is called guided drawing. Students use patience, listening, and direction following skills to create these works.
Independent process art is number one in our class, but we do these a few times a year to strengthen these different skills. Outcomes are still unique to each child as you can see, beautifully decorating our room.
First we drew, step by step with each other.
Then we were ready to fingerpaint. A couple of us didn't love the gooey, so we used brushes instead.
Ms. Liz came to our classroom Tuesday for a moment of mindfulness. Her singing bowl was magnificent.
We are working hard on creating our family book for our class library.
September 6, 2024
Wednesday, September 11th - Emergency Drills. We will preteach the practices so no one is worried or scared.
Thursday, September 12th - School Assembly ROAR and meet Temple the school dog in the auditorium.
Tuesday, September 17th - Individual and Classroom Photos.
Friday, September 20th - Direct Giving/Movie Night
Friday, September 27th - No School
October 10th through October 14th - No School, Fall Break
October 31st - Halloween Parade and Party
November 25th through the 29th - No School, Break for Giving Thanks
December 23rd through Jan 6th - No School, Winter Break
December 20th - No School
Some of our books;
The Cool Bean by Jory John
The Good Egg by Jory John
Magic Treehouse Book 1 by Mary Pope Osborne (Our New Chapter Book)
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
Our First Favorite Book
Our First Favorite Book
The Good Egg by Jory John was the winner in our first favorite series. Everyone was so good at remembering what they liked about the story they voted for. Some had favorite characters, settings, or actions! These are all of the things we have been looking for in our stories. We can't wait to see what our next series is and which one will win.
We created our classroom rules and signed the poster with our fingerprints!
We Keep Ourselves Safe.
We Keep Our Friends Safe.
We Keep Our Things Safe.
We had fun practicing our letter L. Vertical writing helps us cross the midline and strengthen our hand and wrist as we work against gravity!
Everyone made great Ls on our whiteboard before heading out to centers. We talked about leaving the a sound off of the end of our letter sounds. L instead of LA
We started our writing books practicing our letter L and working on our pincer grip.
We built our names with letter parts, finding our letters independently.
Ms. Tracy made letter building fun.
We started Surprise Box for our version of Show and Tell. Everyone will get many turns through the year. We use our problem solving skills to figure out the clues.
August 30, 2024
Important Dates:
Monday, September 2nd - No School
Wednesday, September 11th - Emergency Drills. We will preteach the practices so no one is worried or scared.
Thursday, September 12th - School Assembly ROAR and meet Temple the school dog in the auditorium.
Tuesday, September 17th - Individual and Classroom Photos.
Friday, September 20th - Direct Giving/Movie Night
Friday, September 27th - No School
October 10th through October 14th - No School Fall Break
October 31st - Halloween Parade and Party
Some of our books;
Stuart Little by E.B. White, (our new chapter book)
The Bad Seed by Jory John
I Got the School Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison
Potato Pants by Laurie Keller
Have a great three day and four sleeps weekend! We will see you Tuesday!
We started specials this week and we had so much fun!
Ms. Horeis was excited for us to start P.E.
We got to move our bodies and investigate the gym.
Ms. M makes music so much fun.
We found our rhythm with rhythm sticks!
Mr. Bott is an amazing artist and teacher.
We learned all about the art room and the art that we will make.
Ms. Nonino is everything theatre. She loves dance, drama, yoga and more.
We can't wait to preform for you.
August 23, 2024
Important Dates:
Monday, September 2nd - No School
Wednesday, September 11th - Emergency Drills. We will preteach the practices so no one is worried or scared.
Thursday, September 12th - School Assembly ROAR and meet Temple the school dog in the auditorium.
Tuesday, September 17th - Individual and Classroom Photos.
Friday, September 27th - No School
Some of our Books;
Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
Listening With My Heart by Gabi Garcia
The Smeds and The Smoos by Julia Donaldson, (we have fun finding the Gruffalo hidden in the illustrations!) Thank you Rohe for the kind classroom gift!
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne. We started this as our first chapter book.
We have become fast friends and know our routines already! Great week with lots of exploration. No small teacher groups this week, just a lot of play. A great way to get started.
August 21, 2024
Hello Families! What a great start to the year. Our first full day went very well. These kids are ready and eager to learn, collaborate, and explore.
Important Dates:
Wednesday, August 28th-Students will be meeting Temple, our school comfort dog, with the amazing support team.
Monday, September 2nd - No School
Wednesday, September 11th - Emergency Drills. We will preteach the practices so no one is worried or scared.
Thursday, September 12th - School Assembly ROAR in the auditorium.
Tuesday, September 17th - Individual and Classroom Photos.
Friday, September 27th - No School
Check back this weekend for a spotlight into our fun first week of PreK!
May 29, 2024
Important Dates:
May 29th - Tie Dye Day
May 30th - Water Play Day. See email from Ms. Tracy for details.
June 3rd - PJ Movie Day
June 4th - Traditional Last day of school for PreK and Kinder. Pot Luck Class Party on the PreK playground after school at 2:30. *This is a full day of class not an early release.
June 5th - NO School happy summer. Some older grades attend 1/2 day this day.
Wow! So much going on. Gardening, guest readers, field day, performance by our Jacobs family, Little Red and Jack and the Bean Stalk. We are packing it in for the end of PreK! We'll be Kinders soon and we are ready!
May 8, 2024
Important Dates:
May 27th - No School
June 4th - Traditional Last day of school for PreK and Kinder. Class party on the PreK playground after school at 3:00. *This is a full day of class not an early release.
Dinos, dinos everywhere. We had fun with dino matiching, dino letters, puzzles, and being paleontologists excavating our own fossiles!
We worked hard thinking
about how we can
all make a difference
and save our planet!
April 18, 2024
Hello Families! We will do our best to continue to update this site through the end of the year. As I will be out for the remainder of 23-24, it might prove a little tricky. :) Please see below all of the important dates through to the last day of school. Ms. Tracy will inform you of anything else important either through email, Friday Folders, or at the gate. Thank you so much for a wonderful year and enjoy your summer! We will see you soon.
Belle
Important Dates;
April 18th - Ms. Belle's last day of school. Having knee surgery, but hope to be back for the end of year party! Ms. Rebecca will be our sub and of course the amazing Ms. Tracy will be here. We are so lucky!
April 19th - No School
April 22nd - Ms. Rebecca starts as end of year teacher.
April 26th - Super Mega Awesome Dance Party fundraiser
May 27th - No School
June 4th - Traditional Last day of school for PreK and Kinder. Class party on the PreK playground after school at 3:00. *This is a full day of class not an early release.
Sometimes we need a "Just Because Day". Well, we had a "Just Because Week". We engaged in the arts, created, collaborated, and grew our brains in the way it grows best,(yes, this happens here often). The learning we did might have been hidden in visual art, music, movement, and drama, but this learning grows those neurons that our brain needs to be it's best.
An exerpt from "The Just Because Day" by Ms. Belle.
Music! We read it just like a book. Boom, Grrrr, Ribbit, Pop. Ribbit, Boom, Pop, Grrrr!
We created our own songs by writing the music! Have us read our song to you.
Movement! We opened our Yoga Center!
Visual Arts
We puff painted to our hearts desire!
Ms. Belle's Last Day .
Silly is always best.
Panel of Experts on Little Red Riding Hood
Panel of Experts on Three Billy Goats Gruff
Panel of Experts on Goldie Locks and the Three Bears
Panel of Experts on The Three Little Pigs
Panels read, research, and become experts on their story to share with the class.
Celebrating the rain. We use things from the earth that the rain brings us. Lentles and Rice make nice rain sounds.
Creating unique artwork on our rainsticks can be a sticky process.
Each it's own work of art. Cultures all around the world use rainsticks in celebrations, ceremonies, and for music.
April 5, 2024
Important Dates;
April 18th - Ms. Belle's last day of school. Having knee surgery, but hope to be back for the end of year party! Ms. Rebecca will be our sub and of course the amazing Ms. Tracy will be here. We are so lucky!
April 19th - No School
April 22nd - Ms. Rebecca starts as end of year teacher.
April 26th - Super Mega Awesome Dance Party fundraiser
May 27th - No School
June 4th - Traditional Last day of school for PreK and Kinder. Class party on the PreK playground after school at 3:00. *This is a full day of class not an early release.
Some of our books;
The Just Because Day by Belle Newman
The Bad Seed by Jory John
The Good Egg by Jory John
The Cool Bean by Jory John
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Unicorn and Horse by David Miles
Getting ready for the eclipse
We are safe and ready to view
We watched a few minutes at a time
The moon went across the bottom of the sun. It made the sun look like a crescent moon!
Solar
Solar
Eclipse
Eclipse
2024
2024
Colorado Day!
Counting to 100 by tens. Using math to create groups of ten.
We thought of many ways to create 100
Counting items in groups of ten makes it easy to count to 100 by ones and tens!
It looked like spilt milk...
but it wasn't, it was.... ask us!
Charlotte's mom Rachel read us a fun pigeon book.
Making it rain
Rainstorms in a cup
How much can a cloud hold?
Ivory soap cloud predictions
Testing our predictions. See our Friday Folder for outcomes.
Our Favorite Version
Our Favorite Version
Jory John Books
The Good Egg
was the clear winner. We loved how good the egg was to his friends, but he learned to take care of himself too!
March 22, 2024
Important Dates;
March 25th - April 1st, No School, Spring Break
April 3rd - Class photos
April 8th - Solar Eclipse!
April 18th - Ms. Belle's last day of school. Having both knees replaced, but will be back for the end of year party! Ms. Rebecca will be our sub and of course the amazing Ms. Tracy will be here. We are so lucky!
April 19th - No School
April 22nd - Ms. Rebecca starts as end of year teacher.
April 26th - Super Mega Awesome Dance Party fundraiser
May 27th - No School
June 4th - Traditional Last day of school for PreK and Kinder. Class party on the PreK playground after school at 3:00. *This is a full day of class not an early release.
Some of Our Books;
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, A Muslim Book of Colors, by Hena Khan, Ramadan Mubarak to all those who celebrate.
White Rabbit's Color Book
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright
The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers
Purple Day
Blue Day
Orange/Yellow Day
Green Day
Shenanigans!
Some One fish, Two Fish math
What did you find at the end of the rainbow?
Extending our learning to center time.
Working together, rainbows everywhere.
Primary color mixing
Making our predictions
Checking our outcomes.
A little STEM time to find a better way to get Repunzal out of the tower.
Skittle science
Just add a little warm water
We didn't have to wait long
Science and art are always connected
Sneezy the Snowman cause and effect
What does a melted snowman look like?
What made your snowman melt?
Many great melting ideas
Panel of Experts on foxes.
Panel of Experts on bears.
Panel of Experts on owls
Panel of Experts on mice.
Check out our panels of experts! They researched an animal from our story, "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. After they became experts on their group's animals, they then took questions from the class. We learned about so many animals!
So many wonderful readers this week!
In addition to our family reader, we had wonderful surprise visits for Black History Month readers.
Fun numbers for Leap Day!
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, math.
We love numbers!
Color sorting is fun with a friend.
We took a survey and charted our results.
Marshmallow math is interesting and started our addition investigations.
February 23, 2024
February 23 - Park Hill Auction/Party! It's Prom! Enchantment Under the Sea! (think Back to the Future, ha ha ha) Sign up on the PTSA link on parkhillelementary.org
March 7th - No tumbling
March 8th - No School PreK only. Older grades still attend.
March 25th - April 1st, No School, Spring Break
April 19th - No School
April 22nd - Ms. Belle's last day of school. Having both knees replaced, but will be back for the end of year party! Ms. Rebecca will be our sub and of course the amazing Ms. Tracy will be here. We are so lucky!
May 27th - No School
June 4th - Traditional Last day of school for PreK and Kinder. Class party on the PreK playground after school.
Some of Our Books;
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff
I Completely Know about guinea Pigs by Lauren Child
What Kind of Pet Should We Get? by Dr. Seuss
The Runaway Wok by Ying Chang Compestine
What makes a good pet or a bad pet?
We had to talk about it and decide. Some animals just need to be in the wild.
Sometimes a good pet to one person, is a bad pet to another.
We used our animal numerals in our math lesson.
We had to do some big counting to make sure our dog bowls were full.
Lunar New Year celebrations end tomorrow so we made our good luck lanterns.
It was tricky to cut and stuff them with our "light".
Sorry for the dark photo, but thank you Caleb's mom for reading us a wonderful book about airplanes!
Sorry for the dark photo, but thank you Caleb's mom for reading us a wonderful book about airplanes!
Stacey, Caleb's mom is a pilot and she wore her uniform and let us all try on her hat! So cool. Caleb even brought airplane treats for everyone. So sweet.
Stacey, Caleb's mom is a pilot and she wore her uniform and let us all try on her hat! So cool. Caleb even brought airplane treats for everyone. So sweet.
February 15, 2024
Important Dates;
February 16-19 - No School
February 23 - Park Hill Auction/Party! It's Prom! Enchantment Under the Sea! (think Back to the Future, ha ha ha) Sign up on the PTSA link on parkhillelementary.org
March 8th - No School PreK only. Older grades still attend.
March 25th - April 1st, No School, Spring Break
April 19th - No School
April 22nd - Ms. Belle's last day of school. Having both knees replaced, but will be back for the end of year party! Ms. Rebecca will be our sub and of course the amazing Ms. Tracy will be here. We are so lucky!
May 27th - No School
June 4th - Traditional last day of school.Class Party on the PreK playground after school.
Some of Our Books;
Memoirs of a Hamster by Devin Scillian
Happy New Year by Emery Bernhard
The Year of the Dragon by Oliver Chin
Penguin in Love by Salina Yoon
A Crakenstein Valentine by Samantha Berger
Polar Bears have big feet!
How big?
Well we measured and compared to our feet. Check out our Friday Folder for the results.
So many fun animals in our classroom Pet Show!
*See our video below!
We drew and wrote about them and then shared with the class.
Thank you to Lincoln's mommy.
We loved the funny monster story!
Learning about Stevie Wonder made us want to play music!
Our musical parade was fun and exciting.
We decorated our Valentine's Bags.
We delivered their Valentine's to friends by matching the names on Valentines to the names on the bags.
There were so many wonderful Velentines!
We were loaded up to take our treats home with us.
Our photo booth props didn't make it in time.
We had fun anyway.
We are always ready to make a silly face.
Being with friends makes us happy.
The goofier the better.
So much excitement and we hadn't even had any sugar yet!
We did some heart math.
Graphing hearts was fun, especially since we got to eat some when we were done.
Check Out Our Pet Video!
Check Out Our Pet Video!
Sorry no music. DPS took away itunes to add to our imovie. :(
Feb 9, 2024
Jan 11th to Feb 12th - School Choice Round 1.All preK students MUST fill this out to choose their school choice for kindergarten, even if you are going to your home school!
February 14th - Classroom Valentine Exchange and cookie party.
February 16-19 - No School
February 23 - Park Hill Auction/Party! It's Prom! Enchantment Under the Sea! (think Back to the Future, ha ha ha) Sign up on the PTSA link on parkhillelementary.org
March 8th - No School PreK only. Older grades still attend.
March 25th - April 1st, No School, Spring Break
April 19th - No School
April 22nd - Ms. Belle's last day of school. Having both knees replaced, but will be back for the end of year party! Ms. Rebecca will be our sub and of course the amazing Ms. Tracy will be here. We are so lucky!
May 27th - No School
June 4th - Traditional last day of school for PreK and Kinder. Class party on the PreK playground after school.
Some of our books;
The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Bonnie Dobkin
The Three Cabritos by Eric A. Kimmel
The Three Billy Goats Fluff by Rachel Mortimer
Groundhogs Runaway Shadow by David Biedrzycki
Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
Thank you to Aiden's parents
for reading two awesome stories to us.
We wore green and celebrated our Ms. Amy with joy!
The Three Billy Goats Gruff building game is so much fun. It helps us problem solve, design, and collaborate.
We started our animal unit.
Putting animals in their habitats can be tricky.
We helped the groundhog find his alphabet matching shadow!
Winter clues helped us find items that are part of the season.
Gabriel shared photos and stories from his trip to Rwanda!
What an adventure.
Gabriel really loved the zebras
What a beautiful place Gabriel and his family shared with us.
Football is in the air and at our teacher tables!
Using prediction skills we are filling out our football "pool"
Writing our numbers while we predict each quarter of the game is fun.
On Monday we will add up scores and see what numeral each quarter ends with. We can't wait to see who had the correct predictions.
Our Favorite Version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Our Favorite Version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Billy Goats Fluff was the favorite, but we all loved all three stories. Fluff won because at the end they are friends with the troll!
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Jan 11th to Feb 12th - School Choice Round 1.All preK students must fill this out to choose their school choice for kindergarten, even if you are going to your home school!
February 14th - Classroom Valentine Exchange and cookie party.
February 23 - Park Hill Auction/Party! It's Prom! Enchantment Under the Sea! (think Back to the Future, ha ha ha) Sign up on the PTSA link on parkhillelementary.org
March 8th - No School PreK only. Older grades still attend.
March 25th - April 1st, No School, Spring Break
April 19th - No School
Some of our Books;
The Three Little Pigs retold by Bonnie Dobkin
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Rosen Schwartz
Los Tres Pequeños Jabalies, (The Three Little Javelinas) by Susan Lowell
Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty
If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen
This Book is BANNED by Raj Haldar
Giant Legos are a fun part of our building unit.
Being an architect means creating plans and making models.
We experimented with building houses
that the big bad wolf could blow down.
Our Favorte Version of "The Three Little Pigs "
Our Favorte Version of "The Three Little Pigs "
We have to say why we pick the one that we do by showing what is different about that story. Nijas are very popular and many students also liked that one of the houses was made of Bamboo. We heard many things that were special about this story and that the girl pig didn't have to fight the wolf was a big plus. She just showed him how good she was at her craft because she practiced and practiced.
We made an electrical connection by touching our hands around the circle!
We made an electrical connection by touching our hands around the circle!
We made a connection to our stories and then held our neighbors hand until the circut was complete and our "magic" wand lit up and played music!
We hope you all have a magical holiday break.
Continue to spread the love and light.
December 15, 2023
Important Dates:
December 18th through January 2nd -No School.Winter Break
December 13th - Ms. Tracy's last day before break. She's off early for a family-Holiday wedding! :)
Jan 11th to Feb 12th - School Choice Round 1.All preK students must fill this out to choose their school choice for kindergarten, even if you are going to your home school!
February 23 - Park Hill Auction/Party! It's Prom! Enchantment Under the Sea! (think Back to the Future, ha ha ha) Sign up on the PTSA link on parkhillelementary.org
March 8th - No School PreK only. Older grades still attend.
March 25th - April 1st, No School, Spring Break
April 8th - No School Prek only, older students still attend.
April 19th - No School
A tobogganing we go!
Thank you to Ms. P and Mr. Chuck for providing us with such a wonderful art installation for us to enjoy!
Cookies were fun to make and even better to eat!
Ms. Neal's Kinder class put on a wonderful music production featuring songs of peace from around the world.
Heads won by a landslide. :) It took some real self control not to eat the whole cookie until we finished our graph!
Yoga with Ms. Alyson is alway fun and peaceful. We synced our breathing like magic.
December 8, 2023
Important Dates:
December 18th through January 2nd -No School.Winter Break
December 13th - Ms. Tracy's last day before break. She's off early for a family-Holiday wedding! :)
Jan 11th to Feb 12th - School Choice Round 1.All preK students must fill this out to choose their school choice for kindergarten, even if you are going to your home school!
February 23 - Park Hill Auction/Party! It's Prom! Enchantment Under the Sea! (think Back to the Future, ha ha ha) Sign up on the PTSA link on parkhillelementary.org
Some of our Books;
The Little Red Hen Retold by Bonnie Dobkin
The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza byPhilemon Sturges
Manana, Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul
Armadilly Chili by Helen Ketteman
Hanukkah Bear by Erik A. Kimmel
Holidays around the World. Celebrations of Light by Nancy Luenn (Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, New Year's and more winter celebrations were presented in summary).
The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
Mouse Celebrates the Winter Solstice by Terri Mack, First Nations - Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Thanks to Aiden's mom, Lindsey for such a wonderful family reader day! A funny dog and his dinosaur bones.
Just in time for the season. A story about a Nutcracker performance and self-confidence. Thank you Katie, Mila's mom for a great read.
Guided drawings helps us with following directions and spatial awareness.
Our Winter Solstice Polar Bears came out great!
Thank you Ben, Cole's dad for a great reading of a wonderful otter story!
Thank you Luke, Maggie's big brother for a fun reading of Curious George!
Our favorite version of the Little Red Hen, was The Red Hen Makes Pizza!
We worked our fine motor skills creating our Little Red Hen.
We dictated or wrote about how we would have helped the Little Red Hen.
November 17, 2023
Important Dates:
November 20th through the 24th-No School. Break for giving thanks
December 18th through January 2nd -No School.Winter Break
Jan 11th to Feb 12th - School Choice Round 1.All preK students must fill this out to choose their school choice for kindergarten, even if you are going to your home school!
February 23 - Park Hill Auction/Party! It's Prom! Enchantment Under the Sea! (think Back to the Future, ha ha ha)
Some of our Books;
How Corn Came Into the World, An Ojobbeway Legend Narrated by J.A. Kundert
Stone Soup Retold by Jon. Muth
Fandango Stew by David Davis
Cactus Soup by Eric A. Kimmel
Kalaloo,A Caribian Tale by David and Phillis Gershator
Bears Make Rock Soup, A Native Tale, Retold by Lise Erdrich
A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman
The Trouble With Turkeys by Wendy Silvano
Binny's Diwali by Thrity Umrigar
As we enter the season of thankfulness, light, and love we reflect on how we can be grateful and kind all of the time. We discussed our Stone Soup versions and shared what we are thankful for. We collaborated in making our own Stone Soup while having conversation about what it means to share, give, and care for others.We brought our grateful stories from home with our Turkey feathers and shared with the class. Let us carry these thoughtful behaviors with us always and for all people.
I encourage you to share as you gather to feast for this holiday break, the DPS community land acknowledgment written by Dr. Tink Tinker;
The DPS community acknowledges our Indigenous relatives who have lived in and cared for this ancient Land from time immemorial. We acknowledge the close relationship that the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Sounther Ute and Mountain Ute, and Natives of other tribal Nations continue to have with the waters, plants, and all moving things that call this Land home. We pledge our respect for those enduring Indigenous connections to the place we now call Colorado.
Dr. Tink Tinker
Dino and his dad. Thanks to Daniel and Maria for a fun family reader day.
Alphabet food to go with our story!
Excited to try our treats!
ABC, fun with food!
Sharing our grateful feathers.
Some friends recycled artwork to create their feather!
Our turkey is happy to have so much gratitude around him.
No more naked turkey. We proudly show how grateful we are.
Stone soup counting is artful and fun!
Roll a Turkey helps us with our numbers and following directions.
We love our Tuesday trips to the library
Reading with friends is always fun.
After hearing the wonderful legend of how corn came to the world,
we created beautiful corn with many colors.
We're ready to make Stone Soup!
What a beautiful bunch of veggies.
Preparing our Stone Soup is a lot of work. Everyone helped just like in our Stone Soup stories!
We counted our ingredients and put it on our chart.
Wow, that's a lot of carrots!
Our beautiful corn art in honor of our Native American legend, How Corn Came Into the World.
Our favorite version of Stone Soup was Kallaloo!
Our favorite version of Stone Soup was Kallaloo!
Students have to say why they chose their fovrite version. Almost everyone said they like this version best because it had an actual magic item in it. Kallaloo has a magic shell that helps Granny bring the villagers together!
Ms. Gates on Roman History Day, just in time for book buddies!
We loved going up to the
third floor to read
with our 3rd grade friends.
Have a great break, spread love and gratefulness, and we will see you in 10 sleeps.
Love Ms. Belle and Ms. Tracy
November 10, 2023
Important Dates:
November 20th through the 24th-No School. Break for giving thanks
December 18th through January 2nd -No School.Winter Break
Jan 11th to Feb 12th - School Choice Round 1.All preK students must fill this out to choose their school choice for kindergarten, even if you are going to your home school!
February 23 - Park Hill Auction/Party! Details to come soon from our PTSA!
Some Of Our Books;
Room ont the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson
Ghost in the House by Ammi-Joan Paquette
The Monster in the Woods by Claire Freedman
Skeleton For Dinner by Margery Cuyler
Catching up after losing our old website! Some Halloween fun, activities, and learning. A big thank you to Maria and Jenn for our fun pumpkin activity and party treats!
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